Whether roaming wild or enclosed in floating feedlots on the ocean, Atlantic salmon are cold-water fishes. But as the climate crisis warms the world’s oceans and waterways, cold water is becoming harder to find, which means these long-endangered fish are facing perhaps their biggest challenge yet. Atlantic salmon are anadromous, moving between freshwater and saltwater […]
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Tasmanian salmon industry used more than 2,400 anti-seal explosives in three months
The Tasmanian salmon industry used more than 2,400 underwater explosives against seals in the last quarter, with Huon Aquaculture reporting the death of two seals on its leases. Department of Natural Resources and Environment data disclosed under Right to Information laws show Huon Aquaculture used 1,887 explosives in the three months to the end of […]
Bear Cub Tumbles Down Waterfall While Learning To Fish In Viral Video
Peak salmon migration occurs in late July in Brooks River, Alaska and attracts the brown bears of Katmai National Park. Countless bears can be seen in the river and mostly at Brooks Falls hunting for salmon. One of Explore.org’s bear cams placed at Brooks Falls to observe the bears captured a heart-stopping moment for a […]
Huon Aquaculture accounts for 75% of seal deaths at Tasmanian salmon farms in past year
Huon Aquaculture accounted for the deaths of at least three-quarters of seals killed at Tasmanian salmon farms since the start of last year, with new data showing the company released more than 8,000 underwater explosives aimed at scaring the seals. Government data released in response to a right-to-information request revealed Huon Aquaculture, now owned by […]
Cornish mackerel fishermen call for seal cull
Seals are “sea vermin” who should be killed, according to a group of Cornish fishermen. After fishers on an online marketplace and forum expressed outrage about the amount of fish seals eat, marine campaign groups retaliated. The Cornish Mackerel Fishermen association said on Facebook that “for every fish captured by our fisheries, seals devour 53 […]
Dozens of sea lions hit paydirt when they broke into into pens full of salmon
Dozens of thieving sea lions in western Canada have spent the last few weeks gorging on fish after brazenly slipping into an industrial salmon farm – and ignoring all attempts to make them move on. Cermaq, the aquaculture giant with operations in Norway, Chile and Canada, says the wily predators were able to evade netting […]
A proposed mine in Alaska will endanger brown bears – and much more
Towering over the average human and weighing as much as a grand piano, the brown bears found in south-west Alaska are considered among the best in the world to observe as they pad around in a largely untouched wilderness of soaring mountains, pristine rivers and rocky beaches. About a third of Alaska’s 30,000 brown bears […]
POLL: Should fish farming be forced to use closed pens to protect wild fish?
A five-fold expansion in open net fish farms that scientists believe could decimate Iceland’s wild salmon stocks is pitting Big Aquaculture against ecologists in the country. Next month, a parliamentary bill is expected to extend farm licenses from 10 to 16 years, while omitting critics from oversight panels and handing primary monitoring powers to industry. […]